Margot's capacity to encode and retrieve five to nine bits of information in the span of a minute or two is referred to as ________ memory.

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Margot's capacity to encode and retrieve five to nine bits of information in the span of a minute or two is referred to as ________ memory.

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Margot's capacity to encode and retrieve information in the span of a minute or two indicates short-term memory, which has a limited capacity of holding between five to nine bits of information at a time. Episodic memory refers to the memory of specific events or episodes, long-term memory refers to the storage and retrieval of information over a long period, and semantic memory refers to the memory of factual knowledge and concepts.

Margot's Capacity to Encode and Retrieve Five to Nine Bits